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"Aging is a technical problem that can be solved. Once we understand the mechanism of death, we will be able to live forever. I personally do not plan to die," these rather amazing things, says Spanish futurist Dr. Jose Cordeiro.
Cordeiro, who studied engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wests (MIT) and the author of the book "Death of Death", will speak at the Tel Aviv Innovation Festival at Expo Tel Aviv and throughout the city on February 1-3. Cordero belongs to a team of scientists and researchers around the world who have been working in recent years to find a solution to death and to prolong life. "Important Emphasize that the goal is not to achieve eternal life as an old man, but to remain young forever.
Death will not be abolished because it will still be possible to die from an accident, natural disaster, war, etc., but death will become a choice," he claims.
Dr. Cordeiro emphasizes that "many groups such as the International Longevity Alliance of which I am a part, Altos Labs funded by Jeff Bezos, and The Evolution Foundation in Saudi Arabia are investing billions in developments to reverse the aging process and prevent death.
Even governments, such as the Chinese government, which is actually in the process of thinning out the population of about 700 million people by the end of the century according to estimates, are investing a lot in the issue."
Just like we conquered the moon, we will conquer death
When do you think the change will take place?
"James C. Riley, professor and author of several books on the history of global health, said that between 1800 and 2000 life expectancy rose from 30 years to a world average of 67 years, and more than 75 years in some countries. The dramatic change was called ' 'health transition', meaning the change in how long people expected to live, and how they expected to die. This increase in life expectancy is often attributed to medical advances, improved nutrition and better awareness of harmful habits.
Immortality is simply the next logical step in the human journey, and stopping the aging process is a matter of Simple engineering just like we conquered the moon, we will conquer death. The whole world is working on it now."
Not planning to die.
Jose Cordeiro (Photo: Public Relations)
You are making a brave statement, not to mention a little crazy - that if we live until 2030, a total of 7 years from now we will be able to live forever?
"One critical event that needs to happen in the race to immortality is to reach what is known as the 'longevity escape velocity' or 'biological escape velocity'. That is, the state where technological progress will increase the remaining life expectancy to more than the year that has passed and life expectancy will improve at a faster rate than people age. Already now we earn 3 months for every year we live and survive. In 7 years we will earn a year for every year that has passed. The years we earn will allow us to reach a point where youth technology will be accessible to everyone and cheap in 2045."
What does it mean to live forever, how will it be possible on a medical level?
Will the quality of life also improve in the years that will be added?
"2012 Nobel Laureate in Medicine Shindia Yamanka discovered genes that control aging. As a result, scientists are currently working on rejuvenating organs and changing old eyes into young ones, although the opposite is also possible. In the coming years, experiments will be performed on many other organs until we finally reach whole animals. The genes that control aging are beginning to be revealed And aging becomes flexible. As a result, the semblance of youth will be given to everyone through injections, drugs, etc. in the end. And if everyone is young, diseases related to old age such as cancer, heart attack or Alzheimer's will disappear and the quality of life will improve."
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If everyone lives forever, how will the countries face the pension crisis and population explosion in the world today?
"Abolishing old age will end the pension crisis because in practice, they will not age. The big advantage of this is huge savings for the economy on health expenses: today 80 percent of health expenses are spent on health solutions for the last 5 years of life, and despite this, people still die. Stopping aging will prevent expenses These. There are no medical expenses at a young age.
Demographically, even today, the world's population is stabilizing and even decreasing in many countries of the world. China is going through a tremendous demographic crisis and is supposed to decrease by 50 percent of its population by the end of the century. This is about 700 million people, who will disappear from the population The state. That's why there is nothing to fear about a population explosion. If anything, then a dilution."
Stopping the aging process is a matter of simple engineering.
Aging process (Photo: ShutterStock)
What mental and physical adaptation will eternal life require of people?
"The death of death changes many aspects of society and will create a world full of new choices that have not been possible until now. For example, 'till death do us part' may be replaced by a temporary marriage contract for periods of 10 or 20 years with only the option to renew it. We will reinvent ourselves every 20- 30 years also in terms of career: we can work as engineers for 20-30 years, then travel for a few years, then create a new career, for example as artists. When we get tired, we can for example even fly to Mars and become farmers growing potatoes, or travel to the other planets that humanity can reach. We do all of this as young people, in good health, full of life and joy, creative and productive, enjoying the world, just like in childhood, youth or early 20s, before real life began to invade our dreams."
"We are living in an incredible transition period between the generation of mortality and the generation of immortality. My goal is to speed up the process so that we will be among the lucky people who can live forever young in the future. The next two decades will develop more technologies than in the previous two millennia," he concluded.
Jose Cordero will speak at the DLD TEL AVIV INNOVATION FESTIVAL conference on Thursday 14:30 at the Robina Hall in Bhima
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